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Spin the Bottle is the sixth episode of the fourth season of Angel, and the seventy-second episode overall. The gang attempts to cast a spell that will return Cordelia's memory, but when something goes horribly wrong they all regress to their 17-year-old minds.

Special Guest Star: Andy Hallett (Lorne)

Guest Stars: Vladimir Kulich (Demon in Cordelia's Vision)

Co-Stars: Sven Holmberg (Delivery Guy), Kam Heskin (Lola)

Contents 1 Plot Overview 2 Notes 2.1 Monster of the Week 2.2 Body Count 2.3 Music 3 Arc Advancement 3.1 Happenings 3.2 Characters 3.3 Referbacks 4 Trivia 4.1 The Show 4.2 Behind the Scenes 4.3 Allusions and References 4.4 Memorable Moments 5 Quotes 6 Reviews

[edit] Plot Overview

[edit] Notes

[edit] Monster of the Week

• There is no monster of the week in this episode.

[edit] Body Count

#	Whom	By Whom	How	Where
1	Vampire	Connor	Staked	Alley

[edit] Music

There is no licensed music in this episode.

[edit] Arc Advancement

[edit] Happenings

[edit] Characters

• Cordelia: Something occurred between Cordelia coming down from the higher reality and showing up in the hotel. All that is revealed in this episode is that it involves a red demon. By the end of the episode, Cordelia regains all of her memories.

• Wesley: As a young man, Wesley attended the Watchers Academy in order to train to become a Watcher for potential slayers. At the academy, he was "Head Boy," which is presumably a high ranking student.

• Fred: It has already been mentioned that Fred is from Texas. She mentions that she went to school in San Anton. As a teenager, Fred was very different from how she is as an adult. She was apparently a conspiracy theory spouting pothead in high school.

[edit] Referbacks

• 3x19 - The Price: Angel painted a pentagram on the floor as part of a ritual that would give Sahjhan a corporeal body so that he could force him to reopen the port to Quortoth. His plan eventually backfired when mystical slugs started to infest the hotel.

Gunn: Oh, good, symbols on the floor. That always goes well.

• 3x05 - Fredless: Gunn refers to something said by Fred when she was unsure of her place in Angel Investigations. She said that Wesley was the brains, Gunn was the muscle, Angel was the champion and Cordelia was the heart.

Gunn: So I guess I'm the muscle, huh?

• 3x16 - Sleep Tight: Wesleys throat was cut by Justine after he kidnapped Connor because of a prophecy that said Angel would kill his son. Although he was trying to protect them both, his friends turned their backs on him and Angel tried to kill him.

Wesley: I had my throat cut and all my friends abandoned me.

• BtVS - 3x16 - Doppelgangland: Buffy talked about an insanity test in an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer which asked the person taking the test if they ever hear voices or they ever wanted to be a florist. Willow responds that she always wanted to be a florist, but stops herself when she realizes that florist means crazy.

Fred: They ask you about politics and your bowel movements and if you want to be a florist.

• BtVS - 1x05 - Never Kill a Boy on the First Date: Cordelia uses the same term to describe Angel as she did in the first season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer when she first saw him.

Cordelia: Hello, salty goodness.

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[edit] The Show

[edit] Behind the Scenes

• Ratings: On its first airing, this episode scored a 3.2/4 in the overnight Nielsen ratings.
• Cut Scene: In the original script, there was a longer description of the spell that was supposed to return Cordelia's memory. The scene, as follows, was cut for time:

Lorne: Now, we represent the six spheres of consciousness, the six gifts from the Lords of Shah-teyaman, the six walls of the house of truth. We're all one with Cordelia, we bring to this circle only trust and imagination. The bottle in the centre of the circle contains the liquid essence that has passed through the wraith and been gathered here...

Gunn: We're curing Cordy with a urine sample?

Cordelia: Okay, not drinking it.

Lorne: Hush, puppies. All we do is join hands and concentrate. On the bottle, on Cordy, on calling her back to the way she was.

[edit] Allusions and References

• Marie Antoinette: Marie Antoinette was the Queen of France and Archduchess of Austria during the late 1700s. Anger over a non-French woman having so much power over the destiny of France was a contributing factor to the French Revolution. During the revolution, Antoinette was one of the first to be beheaded by a guillotine.

Wesley: Thank you very much, Marie Antoinette.

• Slayer: Not to be confused with The Slayer, Slayer is a Californian thrash metal band that was founded in 1982. The band is popular among casual metal fans for the speed and intensity of their music. Among the albums released by the band are Reign in Blood, Seasons in the Abyss and God Hates Us All.

Fred: Slayer? The band?

[edit] Memorable Moments

[edit] Quotes

[edit] Reviews

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